Schaefer, Volker
Dies Ist Die Nacht
There are many kinds of nights: bright and dark, hopeful and desolate; nights for celebrating, dancing, and singing, and unfortunately, also those when bombs fall. And then there is that one night, the one that is spoken of as: "A child is born to us", the night when the birth of Jesus is celebrated. The reason it has been sung about in so many ways is rooted in the story that night tells: Angels appeared and proclaimed, "Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to those on whom His favor rests!" It's hard to imagine that they did this without singing and playing loudly. The songs Volker Schäfer recorded for his CD are a continuation of this, but not loudmore quiet and meditative. And this too is part of that night: the awe, the wonder, the stillness, and the reverberation of the angel's message within ourselves. Musicnot just for that one night.Text by Prof. Dr. Peter Müller.